The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 17. köideThomas Spencer Baynes, William Robertson Smith R.S. Peale, 1890 |
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... officers of this department that for the army - trains mules are much superior to horses , and of late the horses have almost entirely disappeared from the trains , being transferred to the cavalry or artillery and replaced by mules ...
... officers of this department that for the army - trains mules are much superior to horses , and of late the horses have almost entirely disappeared from the trains , being transferred to the cavalry or artillery and replaced by mules ...
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... renewed by ballot . If the borough is divided into wards , an alderman acts as return- Ining - officer for the elections in each ward ; if not , the mayor for the borough . When the borough has such a MUNICIPALITY 27.
... renewed by ballot . If the borough is divided into wards , an alderman acts as return- Ining - officer for the elections in each ward ; if not , the mayor for the borough . When the borough has such a MUNICIPALITY 27.
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... officers of the corporation , as the town - clerk and treasurer , the sheriff when the borough is a county of itself , and the coroner and clerk of the peace when it has separate quarter - sessions . The council appoints such general ...
... officers of the corporation , as the town - clerk and treasurer , the sheriff when the borough is a county of itself , and the coroner and clerk of the peace when it has separate quarter - sessions . The council appoints such general ...
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... officer as the " borsholder " or " borough - elder " of the eastern counties ; but the verbal similarity is accidental , the rural " borough " having been the district of the " frank - pledges " or neighbours under a pledge or " borh ...
... officer as the " borsholder " or " borough - elder " of the eastern counties ; but the verbal similarity is accidental , the rural " borough " having been the district of the " frank - pledges " or neighbours under a pledge or " borh ...
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... officer was replaced by the " mayor , " whose appearance is always the sign of the establishment of an independent commune . The first steps toward self - government were taken when the burgesses became the owners , as at Oxford and ...
... officer was replaced by the " mayor , " whose appearance is always the sign of the establishment of an independent commune . The first steps toward self - government were taken when the burgesses became the owners , as at Oxford and ...
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